in washington. but the episode grew steadily more sinister, no longer a caper but the watergate affair, escalating finally into charges of a high-level campaign of political sabotage and espionage, apparently unparalleled in american history. >> the charges center about a man whose very name in italian is secrets. joel blocker reports. >> reporter: donald segretti. reports say white house aides recruited segretti for secret intelligence work and dirty tricks against the democrats. segretti went to college with several men now in the white house. he was particularly close to dwight chapin, and several press reports document recent links between chapin and segretti. a grand jury is investigating.